This Work Was Very Personal

It became clear to me over the years that the Church — across denominations, traditions, and generations — had quietly lost the thread of Jesus’ central message. We preached grace, salvation, morality, and community (all good things), but somehow the heart of it all — the Kingdom of God — slipped into the background like an old hymnal no one noticed was missing.

And I kept seeing the same thing wherever I preached, taught, or pastored:
People were hungry for a Gospel big enough for the real world. A Gospel that could stand up to the pain, confusion, injustice, and beauty of life. A Gospel that didn’t shrink God down to our anxieties but lifted us up into God’s vision. That Gospel — the one Jesus Himself announced — is the Kingdom of God.

So I wrote this series because:

1. The Kingdom is the story Jesus actually told.

If we don’t understand the Kingdom, we end up preaching a Gospel Jesus wouldn’t recognize. This series is my attempt to help us return to the plot rather than just the footnotes.

2. The Church needed a bigger imagination.

Too often, we settle for a faith that’s about sin management, church membership, or maintaining the status quo. But the Kingdom calls us to transformation — personal, communal, and global.

3. The world is starving for hope.

Modern life is noisy, anxious, divided, and exhausting. Yet the Kingdom speaks of a God who is still healing, reconciling, and renewing the world. I wanted people to hear that good news again.

4. We cannot face the Powers without the Kingdom.

Empires, ideologies, consumerism, nationalism — they all claim to run the world.
The Kingdom unmasks them. I wrote this series so believers could resist these false kingdoms with wisdom, courage, and love.

5. I wanted to write something for the whole Church.

Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Pentecostal — every tradition carries a part of the Kingdom story. I wanted to weave those threads together into something beautiful, honest, and hopeful.

6. Because after 50 years of teaching, this is the Gospel that still lights a fire in me.

This series came out of sermons preached, prayers whispered, failures survived, and a lifetime of watching God surprise me in places I never expected.

7. And because God simply wouldn’t leave me alone about it.

You know you’re called to write something when it keeps tapping you on the shoulder at 2 a.m. This series was less a project and more a summons.

A Personal Note

I want to be clear about something:
I did not write this series because I have all the answers.
I don’t.

What I do have is a deep conviction about where the answers are found — in the Scriptures, in the life of Jesus, in the witness of the global Church, and in the quiet leading of the Spirit.

I am a seeker, just like everyone else. A pilgrim walking toward the same horizon — the fulfillment of the Kingdom of God. The six-book series was simply my way of saying, “Come walk with me. Let’s seek this together.”

The Kingdom is the Gospel big enough for our world.

And writing this series was my way of inviting anyone who longs for a truer, deeper, more hopeful faith to hear Jesus’ first and final proclamation:

“The Kingdom has come near.
Come see the world the way Jesus does.”

The publisher is currently working on the six-book series. The publishing team is completing a marketing strategy to promote the series to get the word out. I will need all of you, my family and friends, to help spread the word about my work. Encourage others to sign up for this Blog to stay in the loop.

The first book in the Kingdom of God Series will be available before Christmas.

Blessings, Peace & Love, Pastor Mick